Forget the adage that “cleanliness is next to godliness”. Graffiti – of a sort – is now welcome at the spiritual home of global Anglicanism in southeast England, much to the ire of US Vice-President J.D. Vance.
A new exhibition of graffiti-style artworks posing ordinary people’s questions to God now adorns the hallowed walls of Canterbury Cathedral and is sparking controversy all the way from southeast England to Washington.
Featuring eternal human queries like “Why all the suffering?” and “Are you there?”, they mark the pillars and walls of the crypt of the sixth-century cathedral in Kent, southeast of London.
The scrawls, some black and white and others brightly coloured, contrast with the grand stone edifices and stained-glass windows.
Exhibition curator Jacquiline Creswell says she would love visitors “to spend some time looking at the questions, trying to understand the questions”.
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